Spring 2010 Clinic Services for adults

Fall 2009 Clinic Services for children and adolescents

Fall 2009 Clinic Services for adults

Language Development Lab
Brenda Schick
Current Research Projects
  • Sign Language, Social Cognition, and Theory of Mind in children with hearing loss
  • Evaluating the skills of Educational Interpreters
  • The Development of Classifiers in ASL
  • Assessing the Quality of Life in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students, with colleagues at the University of Washington
  • The Development of Assessment Tools in ASL
  • Videotaped translations into ASL of classic children's stories
  • Sign With Me: A sign language curriculum for hearing families

Sample Publications
  • Krause, J. Kegl, J. & Schick, B. (in press). Towards extending the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment to Cued Speech. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.
  • Schick, B., de Villiers, P., de Villiers, J., & Hoffmeister, R. (2007). Language and theory of mind: A study of deal children. Child Development, 78, 376-396.
  • Haptonstall-Nykaza, T. & Schick, B. (2007). The transition from fingerspelling to English print: Facilitating English decoding. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 12, 172 – 183. Master’s thesis.
  • Moeller , M.P. & Schick. B. (2006). Relations between maternal input and theory of mind understanding In deaf children. Child Development, 77, 751-766.
    Schick, B., Williams, K., & Kupermintz, H. (2006). Look who’s being left behind: Educational Interpreters and access to education for deaf and hard of hearing students. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 11, 3-20.
  • Schick, B., Marschark, M., & Spencer, P. (eds., 2004). Advances in the Sign Language Development of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Schick, B. (2004). Acquiring a visually-motivated language: Evidence from diverse learners. In Schick, B., Marschark, M., & Spencer, P. (eds.). Advances in the Sign Language Development of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Marschark, M., Schick, B., & Spencer, B. (2004). Understanding Sign Language Development by Deaf Children. In Schick, B., Marschark, M., & Spencer, P. (eds.). Advances in the Sign Language Development of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Schick, B. (2003). The development of ASL and Manually-Coded English systems. In M. Marschark & P. E. Spencer (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of deaf studies, language, and education. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Schick, B. (2002). The development of word order in deaf toddlers learning ASL. In B. Woll & G. Morgan (eds.), An international perspective on the acquisition of sign languages. John Benjamins Publishing.
  • Schick, B., Williams, K. & L. Bolster (2000). Skill levels of educational interpreters. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 4, 144-155.
  • Schick, B. (2004). Educational Interpreting and Cognitive Development in Children: Potential Relationships. In E.A.. Winston (ed.), Educational Interpreting: How it can succeed. Gallaudet Press, Washington, DC.
  • Schick, B. & Williams, K. (in press). The Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment: Current structure and practices. In E.A.. Winston (ed.), Educational Interpreting: How it can succeed. Gallaudet Press, Washington, DC.
  • Schick, B. (2003). Theory of Mind and early language development in deaf children. In S. Watkins (Ed.), SKI*HI Curriculum Volume 2, Logan, UT: Utah State University.
  • Schick, B. (2003). Theory of Mind and reading in deaf children. In S. Watkins (Ed.), SKI*HI Curriculum Volume 2, Logan, UT: Utah State University.
  • Schick, B., de Villiers, P., de Villiers, J. & Hoffmeister, R. (2003). Theory of Mind: Language and Cognition in Deaf Children. The ASHA Leader, 7, 6-14.
  • Schick, B. (2001). Interpreting for children: How it’s different. Odyssey, 2, 8-11.
  • Schick, B. & Gale, E. (1995). Preschool deaf students interactions during ASL and English storytelling. American Annals of the Deaf, 140, 363-370.
  • Schick, B. & Williams, K. (1994). Evaluating educational interpreters. Journal of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
  • Moeller, M.P. & Schick, B. (1993). A curriculum of instruction for parents learning sign language. In Schick, B. & Moeller, M.P. (Eds.) Sign language in the schools: Current issues and controversies. Omaha, NE: Boys Town Press.
  • Schick, B. & Moeller, M.P. (1992). What is learnable in manually-coded English sign systems? Applied Psycholinguistics. 13, 313-340.
  • Schick, B. (1990). Classifier predicates in American Sign Language. International Journal of Sign Linguistics 1: 15-40.
  • Geers, A. & Schick, B. (1988). Acquisition of spoken and signed English by deaf children of deaf or hearing parents. Journal of Speech & Hearing Disorders 53, 136-143.
  • Wilbur, R.B. & Schick, B. 1987. The effects of linguistic stress in ASL signs. Language and Speech 30, 301-323.

Sample Videotapes

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